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eric holder said he was going to make this a top priority. but they only announced the formation of the task force so they would have something to show and tell at the hearing. it was mere window dressing. a year later senator chuck grassley said the task force was just a press release committee. they were not making it a priority and now there were these generalities how by any objecttive measure they were bringing cases but they were all small-fry cases. they were not addressing why they were not investigating high level wall street executives, and it left us very frustrated. it left me feeling like its nothing less than an outrage, a stain on the american justice system. i felt like i had to leave town to tell the truth as i saw it at the committee. >> eliot: you have one of those platinum resumÉs. i'm not going to list everything but law school, the white house most skilled lawyer, and then for you to hear pipeline cases. either you sit at the top and you ask the hard questions and create the intellectual framework for those cases yourse
eric holder said he was going to make this a top priority. but they only announced the formation of the task force so they would have something to show and tell at the hearing. it was mere window dressing. a year later senator chuck grassley said the task force was just a press release committee. they were not making it a priority and now there were these generalities how by any objecttive measure they were bringing cases but they were all small-fry cases. they were not addressing why they were...
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so that's what your priority is. these republicans disgust me. i don't see how anybody looks at that conservative, republican, veteran, non-veteran and thinks those are my guys. they only have your back os long as they're making a buck. the minute they're not they're ready to stab you in that same back. now when we come back, unfortunately, the ice caps in the arctic are melting much quicker than anticipated. what does that mean for us? we'll tell you when we return. >> i do not want to go any lower than this. it's bottomless. >> i'm going out on this broken cliff and i assume it won't collapse. >> then later in the program income and equality. it's getting worse and worse and worse. wait until you see the latest stunning numbers. >> latest is larry ellison worth $41 billion. he can now add to his long list of accomplishments that he owns a now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the s
so that's what your priority is. these republicans disgust me. i don't see how anybody looks at that conservative, republican, veteran, non-veteran and thinks those are my guys. they only have your back os long as they're making a buck. the minute they're not they're ready to stab you in that same back. now when we come back, unfortunately, the ice caps in the arctic are melting much quicker than anticipated. what does that mean for us? we'll tell you when we return. >> i do not want to...
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his priorities are surely better than those of the republicans and give him credit, he even made the call to speak directly about global warming. but it is not clear to me that he is ready to push for the serious investments we need and the shift towards genuine control of healthcare costs that might insure the government can afford the investment it's in the areas most needed. education, infrastructure, basic r & d and protection of the safety net for those in true need. contrast this with the announcement that china is initiating a $156 billion infrastructure plan to build more subways and highways as a part of an effort to the economic softening they are seeingseeing. their growth rate is 7.6 percent. our, by contrast, is 1.7%. the singular success of the obama administrates is the on the economic front is the auto bailout. we need more of those not fewer. the crisis of '08 may have been averted but the trendline of declining middle class incomes and smaller workforce has not been addressed. that's my view. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septi
his priorities are surely better than those of the republicans and give him credit, he even made the call to speak directly about global warming. but it is not clear to me that he is ready to push for the serious investments we need and the shift towards genuine control of healthcare costs that might insure the government can afford the investment it's in the areas most needed. education, infrastructure, basic r & d and protection of the safety net for those in true need. contrast this with...
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the right priority you think? >> that's a good question. that's the thing i think where he may be most vulnerable on. the u.n., "the view." that probably raises a few eyebrows. romney himself will probably do "the view" next month. he's in new york doing fund-raisers. i don't understand why he didn't do "the view" then. he did "letterman." i don't understand why they didn't do "the view" last week. >> bill: he had the reception last night at the waldorf astoria. met a lot of dignitaries there. i sort of felt last night -- or yesterday that jay was indicating that between the lines, there might be an occasional bilat almost like a spontaneous thing. they might schedule something. they haven't so far. they had the reception last night and speaking to the general assembly today. any idea what to expect? >> most is about the middle east. what we're looking at is the middle east. try to address the recent undress in the middle east. condemn the anti-islam video one of the reasons for some of the protests over there. he's going to talk about his
the right priority you think? >> that's a good question. that's the thing i think where he may be most vulnerable on. the u.n., "the view." that probably raises a few eyebrows. romney himself will probably do "the view" next month. he's in new york doing fund-raisers. i don't understand why he didn't do "the view" then. he did "letterman." i don't understand why they didn't do "the view" last week. >> bill: he had the reception last...
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the priorities u.s.a. action super pac released this new tv ad focusing on taxes. >> mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000. while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multi-millionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand? we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. >> jennifer: that ad is airing in the swing states of colorado, florida, wisconsin and iowa. and in new hampshire paul ryan did not forget to leave the dependent masses out of his stump speech. >> this is what mitt and i are talking about when we're worried about more and more people becoming net feddent upon the government than upon themselves. because by promoting more dependency, by not having jobs and economic growth, people miss their potential. >> jennifer: vice president biden was in iowa today. he didn't mention the 47% issue in his speech. and the president and mitt romney have been out fund-raising today although romney did have a brief appointment on neil cav
the priorities u.s.a. action super pac released this new tv ad focusing on taxes. >> mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000. while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multi-millionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand? we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. >> jennifer: that ad is airing in the swing states of colorado, florida, wisconsin and iowa. and in new hampshire paul ryan did not forget to...
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here they have priorities destroying democratic voter registration forms, failing to process democratic registrations, attempting to put ralph nader on the ballot in 2004 because they wanted to take votes away from john kerry. they got banned by wal-mart for partisan registration efforts. how right-wing do you have to be to get banned by wal-mart? the most important part of all of that is taking democratic demonstrations and ripping them up as they have in the past or as they were in this case in florida changing the addresses so when somebody goes to vote they say i'm sorry you can't vote, you don't live here. even a republican from utah during an investigation of this earlier, said, wow, we didn't do anything like this, he said quote . . . and that's chris cannon republican of utah. did he ever get prosecuted for any of this? no, because after they do the voter fraud, bush won. and the bush administration decided they won't pursue charges. really? how surprising. so mitt romney goes to the same bag of trips. and they have also paid $20,000. they said we use this vendor for signature-g
here they have priorities destroying democratic voter registration forms, failing to process democratic registrations, attempting to put ralph nader on the ballot in 2004 because they wanted to take votes away from john kerry. they got banned by wal-mart for partisan registration efforts. how right-wing do you have to be to get banned by wal-mart? the most important part of all of that is taking democratic demonstrations and ripping them up as they have in the past or as they were in this case...
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signals, and one big one came on thursday when george soros said he would pledge a million dollars to priority usa. he was a huge player in the outside spending efforts in 2008. he sat out 2009 and 2010 and he said this year i'm not going to play with super pacs i don't like them. but now we see a huge push. >> eliot: yes. it's almost george sorerus and jim simon on one hand versus sheldoned a elson on the other. does it ever cross your mind that maybe it doesn't matter as much as we think it might in the sense that the arc of the obama campaign was not thrown off track by all of the money coming in from adelson and the others. >> you could say that. we're not infallible i think the candidate is ultimately the most important thing in politics, and i think there are some problems that mitt romney doesn't seem to be able to overcome, i think that helps. but there is 40 days left in the election, and there is a lot of money that has not been spent and is not on the airwaves. the real fall barrage is perhaps yet to come. >> eliot: you said you are so -- ahead of the curve on tracking where the mon
signals, and one big one came on thursday when george soros said he would pledge a million dollars to priority usa. he was a huge player in the outside spending efforts in 2008. he sat out 2009 and 2010 and he said this year i'm not going to play with super pacs i don't like them. but now we see a huge push. >> eliot: yes. it's almost george sorerus and jim simon on one hand versus sheldoned a elson on the other. does it ever cross your mind that maybe it doesn't matter as much as we...
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i went to washington, and i talked to the liberal center for policy priorities and the libertarian kato institute and it was amazing how much they agreed on the things we could get rid of. farm subsidyies that is shuffling money to farmers who don't need it. the home mortgage deduction. i like free cash, but the bigger the house you have and the more money you make, the better it suits you. the more you get from the home deduction. there is $700 billion in annual subsidies for government programs that actually make the environment worse things like army corps of engine near, water projects that drain wetlands and sprawl roads. there is all kinds of waste that the left and right can agree on. but of course, we like talking about how we don't like government, but when it comes to the cutting government people like it just fine. >> eliot: you're exactly right. first of all you referred in this book you wrote, it's a brilliant book, you were on the show two weeks ago with the "the new new deal." >> thanks. >> eliot: to come back to what you just articulateed, the right spend less, and the l
i went to washington, and i talked to the liberal center for policy priorities and the libertarian kato institute and it was amazing how much they agreed on the things we could get rid of. farm subsidyies that is shuffling money to farmers who don't need it. the home mortgage deduction. i like free cash, but the bigger the house you have and the more money you make, the better it suits you. the more you get from the home deduction. there is $700 billion in annual subsidies for government...
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priorities usa is reporting its largest-ever fund-raising effort, $10 million last month. and though it might be big bucks for democrats it is pretty much chump change for republicans. stephanie is live after the break, and as always we live in chat. you can join us live at current.com current.com/stephaniemiller current.com/stephaniemiller. see you on the other side. when we come back, gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy who is against gay marriage will be on the program. we will have an interesting conversation when we return. >> speaking against the vocal [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ >> stephanie: we are, we are posing for awkward family photos. >> hello. >> stephanie: hello, it is the "stephanie miller show" live. if you are not watching on tv you are really missing out, because the guy who is trying t
priorities usa is reporting its largest-ever fund-raising effort, $10 million last month. and though it might be big bucks for democrats it is pretty much chump change for republicans. stephanie is live after the break, and as always we live in chat. you can join us live at current.com current.com/stephaniemiller current.com/stephaniemiller. see you on the other side. when we come back, gay rights seemed to have a victory in washington. it was pulled back. the guy who pulled it back. the guy...
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and now the economy is turning around but let me tell you, mitch mcconnell said early on, their first priority was to make sure this president was a one-term president, and they have set forth each and every day to try to obstruct anything that would really turn the economy fully around, and even with that, we're making much much progress. >> jennifer: here she is chief eyewitness to the obstruction of the republicans. barbara lee is just a phenomenal representative of the oakland area. and thank you so much for coming in. and please come back. >> i will come back. and good to see you. >>> all right. next up finally some good news to push back on the republican's strategy to repress votes, and later, i'm generally hesitant about piling on to awkward moments, unfortunately our brett has no such qualms. >> coming up my invisible interview with invisible president obama. don't go away. ♪ because it's america's number one brand. just minutes to make, then bake! [ male announcer ] the inventors of twix had a falling out, so the production of twix was divided between two separate factories. left t
and now the economy is turning around but let me tell you, mitch mcconnell said early on, their first priority was to make sure this president was a one-term president, and they have set forth each and every day to try to obstruct anything that would really turn the economy fully around, and even with that, we're making much much progress. >> jennifer: here she is chief eyewitness to the obstruction of the republicans. barbara lee is just a phenomenal representative of the oakland area....
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frank luntz who is the republican pollster pushes this one ad of priorities usa ran. look at how devastating this ad is. >> out of the blue one day we were told to build a 30-foot stage, rather the guys, and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. days later, all three shifts were told to assemble in the warehouse, a group of people walked out on that stage, and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are fired. mitt romney made over $100 million by shutting down our plant. turns out, that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin. >> cenk: damn! god that's howerful! in ohio they are blue collared they see an ad like that and it is in the words of frank lund devastating, devastating. now you lose ohio let me show you how devastating that is. ohio voters have directly picked the winning presidential candidate in the last 11 elections. but it gets better no republican has ever won an election without winning ohio. he is down by ten. we don't have that much time left to go. tick tock tick tock. this thing is over. all righ
frank luntz who is the republican pollster pushes this one ad of priorities usa ran. look at how devastating this ad is. >> out of the blue one day we were told to build a 30-foot stage, rather the guys, and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. days later, all three shifts were told to assemble in the warehouse, a group of people walked out on that stage, and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are fired. mitt romney made over $100 million by shutting...
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politico is also reporting today that financier joe is giving a million dollars to priorities u.s.a. action, a super pac supporting the obama campaign. federal lecture laws give the white house an advantage in the spending wars. "the washington post" reports while the president's campaign controls most of his funds, much of romney's cash is actually being held by a g.o.p. committees and other interest groups because candidates enjoyed discounted rates for tv ads the post says, the white house was paying just $125 to run one ad in ohio compared to $900 charged to a pro romney super pac for the same slot. romney insists he's going to win in november and made his pitch to a crowd in springfield virginia today. >> romney: food prices are up, electricity prices are up. these are tough times for the american people. and the answer to help the american people is to get small business growing again. hiring people again raising wages again. i know how to do it. >> eliot: if you believe that mother jones which put out the now infamous romney donors video wants you to see this video making a pi
politico is also reporting today that financier joe is giving a million dollars to priorities u.s.a. action, a super pac supporting the obama campaign. federal lecture laws give the white house an advantage in the spending wars. "the washington post" reports while the president's campaign controls most of his funds, much of romney's cash is actually being held by a g.o.p. committees and other interest groups because candidates enjoyed discounted rates for tv ads the post says, the...
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priorities usa action the super pac friendly to president obama's election is out with a new 30-second tv ad. >> behind these doors, mitt romney calls half of the american people -- victims? behind these doors middle class families struggle, and romney will make things even tougher to give multi-millionaires a $250 million tax break. >> jennifer: as we mentioned earlier, republican candidates are distances themselves from the campaign. joining us is christine pelosi, and duf sundheim. welcome back both of you inside "the war room." let me start with you, duf. all of these romney comments about the 47% seems to have some impact down valid. is he going to be hurting the rest of the ticket? >> i don't think so. the gallop came out with a poll that show two-thirds of the people show his comments make them more likely to vote for him or -- >> two-thirds of all people? >> yes. >> so i think the concerns about what romney policy would hurt him, and it actually hurt obama. i don't think it will be the game changer that you are hoping for. >> that's interesting. because christine, you have been
priorities usa action the super pac friendly to president obama's election is out with a new 30-second tv ad. >> behind these doors, mitt romney calls half of the american people -- victims? behind these doors middle class families struggle, and romney will make things even tougher to give multi-millionaires a $250 million tax break. >> jennifer: as we mentioned earlier, republican candidates are distances themselves from the campaign. joining us is christine pelosi, and duf...
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the top priority in congress right now is making sure the government does not shut down. and we could see a vote on that as soon as this thursday. the government is set to shut down at the end of this month. unless congress can agree to a new spending deal. usually temporary funding bills like these will free spending at current levels. but lawmakers unveiled a bill monday that would actually increase spending by .6% for the next six months. that gives a bit more money to initiatives like fighting forest fires and giving the government fiber security software. the bill should pass the house pretty easily on thursday. but congress is really tackling the bare minimum here. they will likely only stay in session through the end of next week which postpones important business like the bush tax cuts and spending increases until after the november election. and don't expect todd akin to drop out of the missouri senate race. even after criticism for his legitimate rape remark, he's telling nbc news not only is he totally in, he's also confident he can win. akin has since apologiz
the top priority in congress right now is making sure the government does not shut down. and we could see a vote on that as soon as this thursday. the government is set to shut down at the end of this month. unless congress can agree to a new spending deal. usually temporary funding bills like these will free spending at current levels. but lawmakers unveiled a bill monday that would actually increase spending by .6% for the next six months. that gives a bit more money to initiatives like...
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the center for budget and priority policies found that without that sweet sugar high, the unemployment rate in america would have skyrocketed to as high as 12%. but the really outrageous thing about paul ryan's fed bashing is he is the leader of the obstructionist in congress. the ones who refuse to do anything in congress. and as forbes put it . . . >> jennifer: house republicans have refused to even consider the president's jobs plan -- the americans jobs act for over a year now, and what would the act have done if republicans passed it? let's turn to the experts, moody's estimated that the jobs act would create 1.9 million jobs and add 2% to gross domestic pod. the american policy institute estimated it would increase employment by 4.3 million jobs. macroeconomic advisors predicted 2.1 million jobs goldman sachs also estimated it would add 1.5% to gdp. today chairman bernanke himself called on congress to do its job so he could stop doing it for them. >> we are looking for policy makers in other areas to do their part. we'll do our part, and try to make sure unemployment moves in th
the center for budget and priority policies found that without that sweet sugar high, the unemployment rate in america would have skyrocketed to as high as 12%. but the really outrageous thing about paul ryan's fed bashing is he is the leader of the obstructionist in congress. the ones who refuse to do anything in congress. and as forbes put it . . . >> jennifer: house republicans have refused to even consider the president's jobs plan -- the americans jobs act for over a year now, and...
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this is their priority debate. they want to end medicare and salvage medicaid, the bought line is they believe you grow the economy from the top down. we believe you grow it from the middle class out. >> eliot: as one the president said in one of his many great lines, they want to double down and trickle down and it's not the way to run an economy. medicaid in dirk which is paul ryan's budget, would throw another 30 million people off the rolls of healthcare which seems antithetical to what we believe. >> this is what i worry about. if mitt romney and paul ryan win this and the republicans win the house, it's over. they will not only double down, they will triple down. they'll have the plant and medicare in the white house, and the house of representatives. >> eliot: i think most polls are saying that president obama will be re-elected. the house is a tough battle. you're leading the effort to get the democrats back to make speaker pelosi the speaker once again. the margin is 25 net seats to pick up, how does that
this is their priority debate. they want to end medicare and salvage medicaid, the bought line is they believe you grow the economy from the top down. we believe you grow it from the middle class out. >> eliot: as one the president said in one of his many great lines, they want to double down and trickle down and it's not the way to run an economy. medicaid in dirk which is paul ryan's budget, would throw another 30 million people off the rolls of healthcare which seems antithetical to...
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what his priorities are and he made it clear over and over and over again on every issue. whether it is immigration or the environment or war and peace or energy, it's a choice. it's a choice between two radically different paths to the future. and as president obama, he started out by accepting the nomination of this party. >> madam chairwoman, delegates i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheers & applause ] >> bill: he had a lot of fun sort of poking fun at sarcastically, the republicans. he said, you know, for everything -- all they ever think of is tax cuts are the cure for everything. >> have a surplus? try a tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> bill: he also had fun with mitt romney back to the olympic moment where romney got off the plane in london and ripped into the brits saying he doubted that they could pull off the olympics. not a smart move, said the president. >> you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you can't visit
what his priorities are and he made it clear over and over and over again on every issue. whether it is immigration or the environment or war and peace or energy, it's a choice. it's a choice between two radically different paths to the future. and as president obama, he started out by accepting the nomination of this party. >> madam chairwoman, delegates i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheers & applause ] >> bill: he had a lot of fun sort of...
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argues a full review will prove his point that president bush did not make fighting terrorism a top priority before 9/11. >> there wasn't any personal performance by the president prior to september 11. >> now boy does that turn out to be true. everybody remembers that famous august 6 presidential daily briefing where it was titled obama -- i'm sorry -- president -- sorry about that "bin laden determined to strike in u.s." everybody knew this, right? it turns out it's much worse than this. the writer from new york times apparently got to look at briefings of the president before august 6. cbs news talked to him yesterday. >> this morning in the new york times, investigative reporter curt eichenwald said the write house refuse ominous warnings since may of 2001. >> i've seen the presidential daily briefs before august 6 of 2001 and they're horrific. there are reports attacks are coming, there are going to be mass casualties. >> now when we knew about the august 6 memo, it was bad enough. there was this passage: passage. tells of an unnamed c.i.a. briefer: >> so they send a guy this is not jus
argues a full review will prove his point that president bush did not make fighting terrorism a top priority before 9/11. >> there wasn't any personal performance by the president prior to september 11. >> now boy does that turn out to be true. everybody remembers that famous august 6 presidential daily briefing where it was titled obama -- i'm sorry -- president -- sorry about that "bin laden determined to strike in u.s." everybody knew this, right? it turns out it's much...
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youku became the number one source for all source of prioritied movies and t.v. shows. the most popular is the american break. they said, they're putting stolen content produced by american companies on line, making youku one of the biggest tech companies in china valued over $2 billion. it's advised by companies like goldman sachs. to be fair, youku has tried to limit stolen content on its site but it and other similar sites are costing american companies and american jobs big time. u.s. companies have lost as much as $48 billion, and nearly a million jobs because of china's refusal to enforce intellectual property laws. now romney is using this issue to clobber the president on trade policy. in fact, he just released a new ad in ohio accusing the president of not doing enough to reign china in. >> china is stealing ideas from computer with fighter jets, seven times obama could have taken action. seven times he said no. his policies cost us 2 million job. obama had years to stand up to china. we can't afford four more. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >>
youku became the number one source for all source of prioritied movies and t.v. shows. the most popular is the american break. they said, they're putting stolen content produced by american companies on line, making youku one of the biggest tech companies in china valued over $2 billion. it's advised by companies like goldman sachs. to be fair, youku has tried to limit stolen content on its site but it and other similar sites are costing american companies and american jobs big time. u.s....
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gives you a sense of our priorities. now, meanwhile egypt it's actually a different situation and even though no one has gotten killed, that might be a tougher situation that we've got there. let's show you some of the protests there first again a report from abc news. >> protestors took to the streets of cairo again this morning. they broke through a barbed wire barricade. tensions ablaze over a trailer depicting the prophet muhammed as a womanizer and fraud. >> what president obama said to telemundo is more concerning. >> i don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government that is trying to find its way. they were democraty elected. we're going to have to see how they respond to this incident. certainly in this situation we expect that they are responsive to our insistence that our embass is protected our personnel is protected and if they take actions to indicate they are not taking those responsibilities as all other countries do where we have embassies, i
gives you a sense of our priorities. now, meanwhile egypt it's actually a different situation and even though no one has gotten killed, that might be a tougher situation that we've got there. let's show you some of the protests there first again a report from abc news. >> protestors took to the streets of cairo again this morning. they broke through a barbed wire barricade. tensions ablaze over a trailer depicting the prophet muhammed as a womanizer and fraud. >> what president...
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one thing we're also doing and it is the number one priority for our union is continuing to organize. as a matter of fact, we just organized over 2300emts in massachusetts and california so we're continuing to organize the workers yet we have suffered losses in the states where some of these right wing governors have come after us and have reduced employment levels or taken collective bargaining away from us. we're continuing to mobilize our members. we're continuing to educate and organize. talking about the problems associated with the tactics of these ultra conservatives. i think people are fired up. they're charged up. they're ready to engage in this battle about what kind of country we want to live in. >> jennifer: in fact, we were saying this earlier in a conversation with marc morial of the urban league that the number of voters that were seeing -- that were seen turning out in iowa, lines around the block might be a backlash to what the republicans have proposed with respect to voter suppression. what you're saying is the recent assaults on public unions in states like ohio an
one thing we're also doing and it is the number one priority for our union is continuing to organize. as a matter of fact, we just organized over 2300emts in massachusetts and california so we're continuing to organize the workers yet we have suffered losses in the states where some of these right wing governors have come after us and have reduced employment levels or taken collective bargaining away from us. we're continuing to mobilize our members. we're continuing to educate and organize....
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don't know reading the letter that he wrote that was included in the prospectus can doubt that his priority, he put it very well. he said, you know, we don't -- we don't make products to make money. we make money to make products. >> gavin: and he's sincere about that, you know him well, you need to tell me that anyway. but i can just -- >> absolutely. when you look at the history of the company, you see that there were always opportunities to race ahead and off products that would make money. his focus is his strong belief. and i don't want to distinguish only mark, i think a lot of companies in the valley are like that. i think he firmly believes that the way you build a lasting successful long-term business is by offering people great products and services. and if you build great products and services, you'll be able to find a way to make a lot of money. >> gavin: what's the take away from your perspective? as a communications person, i mean is he -- i mean, sandberg, of course, prolific, and markably gifted. and excels. but at the end of the day, is it not mark's company that he needs t
don't know reading the letter that he wrote that was included in the prospectus can doubt that his priority, he put it very well. he said, you know, we don't -- we don't make products to make money. we make money to make products. >> gavin: and he's sincere about that, you know him well, you need to tell me that anyway. but i can just -- >> absolutely. when you look at the history of the company, you see that there were always opportunities to race ahead and off products that would...
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of course, mitch mcconnell infamously said their top priority was not jobs, not the economy but defeating the president. that's the attitude they've all brought. their view is if they can block the president somehow the voters will reward republicans. and you know what? it is backfiring because the voters want us to make progress and they want us to make some tough decisions. they want us to compromise. in the house of representatives with the tea party guys, compromise is a dirty word. they celebrate the fact that they're doubling down on a very extreme agenda. and so it's really important that the president have a partner in congress that he can work with. after all, when he was first elected, the economy was in free fall. because of the emergency actions taken by the president with the democratic congress at the time, we stopped the free fall and turned the corner. now with the tea party guys in charge, they've been sitting on the president's most recent jobs bill. because the president said look, we stopped the free fall. we're making progress. we're not far enough. but a year ago thi
of course, mitch mcconnell infamously said their top priority was not jobs, not the economy but defeating the president. that's the attitude they've all brought. their view is if they can block the president somehow the voters will reward republicans. and you know what? it is backfiring because the voters want us to make progress and they want us to make some tough decisions. they want us to compromise. in the house of representatives with the tea party guys, compromise is a dirty word. they...
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this has not been a high priority of ours. >> john: that has since been walked back by the romney campaign. you can find this clip on youtube. this was in 2007. and this guy apparently went after romney a few times, and be very careful to pay at attention to what the patient says. >> i have to make medication or i'll die. right now i weigh less than 80 pounds. i have four or five of my doctors saying that i can benefit from medical marijuana. >> romney: and you have synthetic marijuana that is available? >> i have tried it and it makes me throw up. i have tried all of the medications they are, and all of the forms they come in. i have muscular dystrophy. >> romney: i'm sorry to hear that. >> my question for you is will you arrest me and my doctors if i get medical marijuana -- >> romney: i'm not in favor of medical marijuana -- hi how are you -- >> would you have me arrested. >> you are not going to answer his question? >> romney: i think i have. >> you are just going to ignore a american in a wheelchair. >> romney: i spoke with him. >> john: and he walks away. rick you are calling from sp
this has not been a high priority of ours. >> john: that has since been walked back by the romney campaign. you can find this clip on youtube. this was in 2007. and this guy apparently went after romney a few times, and be very careful to pay at attention to what the patient says. >> i have to make medication or i'll die. right now i weigh less than 80 pounds. i have four or five of my doctors saying that i can benefit from medical marijuana. >> romney: and you have synthetic...
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they made this a top priority. >> they did and tammy duckworth running for congression in illinois. >> bill: fabulous candidate. >> who lost her legs in the war what people don't understand is that barack obama is the kind of person who visit you it is a polaroid. they hand it to you. they don't take it away to put it on a web site. i had so many conversations with then senator obama when no press was around, when nobody knew. it is that kind of quiet service for the people that president obama has called the quiet heroes of america including his own family's generation. the greatest generation. we feel it is important to honor families, give them policies that keep families safe. and leave no veteran behind on the battlefield, in the community or at the ballot box. >> bill: is that going to be a focus of this convention, do you think? >> absolutely. you'll see that commitment showcased all week. i hope everybody tunes in and remembers support your veterans and military families. you, too mitt romney. >> bill: christine pelosi on the job on the dnc. good friend for a long time. great
they made this a top priority. >> they did and tammy duckworth running for congression in illinois. >> bill: fabulous candidate. >> who lost her legs in the war what people don't understand is that barack obama is the kind of person who visit you it is a polaroid. they hand it to you. they don't take it away to put it on a web site. i had so many conversations with then senator obama when no press was around, when nobody knew. it is that kind of quiet service for the people...
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lessons -- the values they learned, the lessons they learned from their lives shaped the policies and the priorities of the obama administration. very powerful message, the first lady saying looking out at this crowd and traveling around this country as first lady makes her proud to be an american. >> every day the people i meet inspire me. every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: and she ended her remarks bringing the crowd to its feet by saying okay. now we know what we stand for, we got to make sure the american people understand this. we have got to come together as never before and fight like hell. >> we must work like never before, and we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward, my husband, our president, barack obama! [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: great, great closing to a great first night of the democratic national convention. you were watching as well as i vince out in brian, ohio. thanks for joining us, what do you say? >> caller: bill
lessons -- the values they learned, the lessons they learned from their lives shaped the policies and the priorities of the obama administration. very powerful message, the first lady saying looking out at this crowd and traveling around this country as first lady makes her proud to be an american. >> every day the people i meet inspire me. every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: and she ended her remarks...
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and now we have an opportunity to put our health above their financial -- what they make a financial priority right our health above their profits, and that's not a bad thing, and it's about taking control back from the insurance companies. >> stephanie: exactly. jacki schechner has a great feature on current.com called "you're not helping." >> stephanie: and we mentioned madonna was not helping. would you like to elaborate. >> yeah, i'm still waiting to approve it -- >> stephanie: i'm very dictator dictatorial like this. >> yes, madonna went on stage and talked about how much she loved obama and then called him a black muslim. >> stephanie: she said she was being deliberately ironic. >> that's fine. and there are ways to convey that you are joking. and those clues were not there. >> stephanie: maybe she could donate that particular thing toed a atlantis moreset as something else that is ironic. >> a black muslim fly in your chardonnay. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: here is what she said it's so amazing and incredit the only think we have a black president in the white house, he with have black
and now we have an opportunity to put our health above their financial -- what they make a financial priority right our health above their profits, and that's not a bad thing, and it's about taking control back from the insurance companies. >> stephanie: exactly. jacki schechner has a great feature on current.com called "you're not helping." >> stephanie: and we mentioned madonna was not helping. would you like to elaborate. >> yeah, i'm still waiting to approve it...
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we need to see if there is a conflict of interest and gives us a sense of their priorities and we have seen that look, this is a guy who believes in investing overseas puts his money in places like china, and these are things that we have learned from two years of returns. the two years when he knew he was running for president. we know they are prepared. step one ask your accountant to give them back to you, step two, give them to the american people so they can make their own evaluation. so we're going to keep calling him to task for this -- not because -- something about his taxes themselves but what it can say about him as a candidate and potential leader of the country. >> bill: all right. brent appreciate you joining us this morning. take time to smile a little bit when you see those latest polls, and then get back to work. >> thanks, bill. just to remind everyone please get out there and register to vote. >> bill: hey, brent good to talk to you. thank you so much. and we, again, have made it easy for you to vote if you go to the billpressshow.com, you can click on the rock the v
we need to see if there is a conflict of interest and gives us a sense of their priorities and we have seen that look, this is a guy who believes in investing overseas puts his money in places like china, and these are things that we have learned from two years of returns. the two years when he knew he was running for president. we know they are prepared. step one ask your accountant to give them back to you, step two, give them to the american people so they can make their own evaluation. so...
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he went on to say that has to be our biggest national security priority. look barack understood that the search for bin laden was about a lot more than taking a monstrous leader off the battlefield. it was about so much more than that. it was about writing an unspeakable -- it was about righting an unspeakable wrong. literally. it was about healing. an unbearable wound. a nearly unbearable wound. in america's heart. and he also knew -- he also knew the message we had to send around the world. if you attack innocent americans, we will follow you to the end of the earth! [ cheers & applause ] [crowd chanting u.s.a.] >> most of all -- most of all president obama had an unyielding faith in the capacity and the capability of our special forces. literally the finest warriors in the history of the world. the finest warriors in the history of the world. so we sat originally, five of us. we sat in the situation room beginning in the fall of the year before. we listened. we talked. we heard. and he listened to the risks and reservations about the raid. he asked agai
he went on to say that has to be our biggest national security priority. look barack understood that the search for bin laden was about a lot more than taking a monstrous leader off the battlefield. it was about so much more than that. it was about writing an unspeakable -- it was about righting an unspeakable wrong. literally. it was about healing. an unbearable wound. a nearly unbearable wound. in america's heart. and he also knew -- he also knew the message we had to send around the world....
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believes in science and the laws of aeronautical engineering and -- >> clean energy has actually been a priority since he got in office. the entire time. you can track -- as a matter of fact, that's one of the things they want to go back. romney is running the attack on coal ads. why is the president attacking coal and one of the reasons why certain coal mines are shutting down and why those workers are losing their jobs is because those companies are shifting to natural gas because that's where the boom is and those guys are losing their jobs because they're opening up jobs in montana and the dakotas. >> stephanie: here's a story about -- you know we thought mitt romney had just insulted pretty much every country in the world. >> yeah. >> stephanie: turns out it is more than just the 47% of us. 96% of people have received some government assistance. >> oh, he hates the 97%. >> stephanie: mitt romney wrote 47% is dependent on the government. it turns out 96% of americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives according to a new study. >> i don't care about those p
believes in science and the laws of aeronautical engineering and -- >> clean energy has actually been a priority since he got in office. the entire time. you can track -- as a matter of fact, that's one of the things they want to go back. romney is running the attack on coal ads. why is the president attacking coal and one of the reasons why certain coal mines are shutting down and why those workers are losing their jobs is because those companies are shifting to natural gas because...
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we're behind in a lot of -- it is matter of what you make a priority right? >> no doubt. we're badly behind and china you know i give them a lot of credit. they see the economic strategic significance of having fast trains. and to their credit, they've pumped billions of dollars into that infrastructure and we're still dabbling in a few dollars here and it is sort of a joke to see what we can do here. we've got some trains that unfortunately travel 60, 70, 75 miles per hour and like i said, they're trying to build 200 250, 300-mile-per-hour train systems there and they're leaving us behind. >> bill: oh, man i gotta tell you, very, very important issue. i'm glad somebody's out there fighting the good fight. edward, you're doing it for the transportation trains department. you can follow their work at ttd.org. i'll be back and tell what you the president's going to be up to today. ed, thanks so much for coming in. >> enjoyed it. >> bill: thanks for what you're doing. >> appreciate it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. 13 current
we're behind in a lot of -- it is matter of what you make a priority right? >> no doubt. we're badly behind and china you know i give them a lot of credit. they see the economic strategic significance of having fast trains. and to their credit, they've pumped billions of dollars into that infrastructure and we're still dabbling in a few dollars here and it is sort of a joke to see what we can do here. we've got some trains that unfortunately travel 60, 70, 75 miles per hour and like i...
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mitch mcconnell and john boehner had meetings, and mitch mcconnell said publicly that his number one priority was to defeat president obama. now we know from the reports of their strategy meetings that they made a considered decision to stop any legislation that president obama offered to try to get the country moving again. i think that fact needs to become better known as people interpret what the situation is now and how much better it is. but how much better it could have been if they really had helped him. >> jennifer: if you think about it, we could throw--between osama bin laden and getting out of the wars, the stimulus, and right behind you right now they're playing a video about education, the race to the top reforms were enormous. healthcare, wall street reform. despite the fact that he did not have al franken for the first six months or he so of his team. >> eliot: because it wasn't what it should have been in the senate. >> jennifer: and i want to say in august, he really only had a very short amount of time. >> eliot: i think the worse misrepresentation was paul ryan's marathon t
mitch mcconnell and john boehner had meetings, and mitch mcconnell said publicly that his number one priority was to defeat president obama. now we know from the reports of their strategy meetings that they made a considered decision to stop any legislation that president obama offered to try to get the country moving again. i think that fact needs to become better known as people interpret what the situation is now and how much better it is. but how much better it could have been if they...
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because then it is going -- >> bill: not that the democrats have anything comparable, the only one is priorities u.s.a. if bill burton goes on m snbc, he's identifieded a bill burton, head of the pro beam super pac. to put bill burton on it as an msnbc commentator letting him defend president obama without identifying him as tied to the obama campaign would be -- i mean -- >> negligence. >> it is the no even they're just reporting it. he's a paid contribute he were of fox. -- paid contributor of fox. it should be disclosed. >> bill: it is fox, the "wall street journal" and "the washington times." >> "the washington times." i'm sure it is a couple of other conservative things but those are the big ones we looked at media matters. >> bill: let's say good morning to paula from crest hill illinois. good morning. >> caller: hello. good morning. the reason i was calling today is i've taken the time out this week since that 47% video -- listened to fox news radio in chicago. i find the hosts stay away from the subject of it. but callers do call in and say that they agree with mitt romney for putting th
because then it is going -- >> bill: not that the democrats have anything comparable, the only one is priorities u.s.a. if bill burton goes on m snbc, he's identifieded a bill burton, head of the pro beam super pac. to put bill burton on it as an msnbc commentator letting him defend president obama without identifying him as tied to the obama campaign would be -- i mean -- >> negligence. >> it is the no even they're just reporting it. he's a paid contribute he were of fox. --...
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not in the high priority districts. how are we going to i guess these concerns but making sure we have improvements and how do these interrelate and how are these going to work pragmatically. >> let me point out one piece that may assuage some concerns. the idea with supporting priority development -- can i go back to the map quickly? that is probably easier. here is the map. we can fund projects that the cma -- you know, the authority deems to have proximate access to priority development areas, so the best example of this that i can give is if you look at the priority development area on 19th avenue, we don't necessarily have to provide funding for just the piece of project that may be on 19th within the pda but if project provides access we can also use that project. that means the criteria. there is that piece of it. so that can be helpful for a lot of the districts that have the large corridors and the citywide networks providing access. >> someone -- give me an example. not representing district one or four here,
not in the high priority districts. how are we going to i guess these concerns but making sure we have improvements and how do these interrelate and how are these going to work pragmatically. >> let me point out one piece that may assuage some concerns. the idea with supporting priority development -- can i go back to the map quickly? that is probably easier. here is the map. we can fund projects that the cma -- you know, the authority deems to have proximate access to priority...
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as regional priorities. so, this process has been conducted in parallel with the regional project evaluation process. and mtc, the metropolitan transportation commission, adopted projects performance evaluation findings last year. and san francisco project 5 was the top 10. so, we have our priorities in place at the regional level and now we -- our challenge is to deliver them. i point out, for instance, caltrain. [speaker not understood], a significant achievement being identified at the regional level as a transit expansion priority. we expect to have a little over $64 billion available for transportation in san francisco through 20 40. now, 80% of that is going to be dedicated just to operate and maintain the existing service levels that we have today. the existing state of pavement, the existing levels of transit service. and that even doesn't quite maintain our state of good repair level. so, we have already a lot of many committed -- it takes a lot just to keep what we have going. in addition, we have
as regional priorities. so, this process has been conducted in parallel with the regional project evaluation process. and mtc, the metropolitan transportation commission, adopted projects performance evaluation findings last year. and san francisco project 5 was the top 10. so, we have our priorities in place at the regional level and now we -- our challenge is to deliver them. i point out, for instance, caltrain. [speaker not understood], a significant achievement being identified at the...
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trayvon martin is a priority. voter i.d. is a priority. what happens when we start talking about gay and lesbian rights, how about when we talk about the environment? >> i think that the test of this movement is understanding can we have the longevity of the justice system? will we remain consistent, hot an heavy so even outside of our parameters of the movement of apartheid in south africa was able to keep bringing the hammer. >> there was a clear enemy and it was apartheid. here in the united states it's more complicated, right? we have white supremacy but then we have the mass class inequality and homophobia and environment -- we have all this stuff. >> when you talk about lgbt and as dr. bryant said earlier, no sense dealing with trayvon martin without dealing with black on black crime. and homosexuality is an interesting contradiction. >> you're going to shake up the movement when you have that conversation. >> either we're going to be open to all peoples, lesbians, gays, as well as poor people or women or we're faking it. >> gay and
trayvon martin is a priority. voter i.d. is a priority. what happens when we start talking about gay and lesbian rights, how about when we talk about the environment? >> i think that the test of this movement is understanding can we have the longevity of the justice system? will we remain consistent, hot an heavy so even outside of our parameters of the movement of apartheid in south africa was able to keep bringing the hammer. >> there was a clear enemy and it was apartheid. here...